A Conundrum . . . continued . . .

I just threw the milk in my van and left . . .

That's what I did! My conscience told me to do otherwise, but I was just too darn tired - and the kids were too darn exhausted.

I did like Dana's comment on my origional post though . . . she said that when this happens to her, she just pays for it the next time she's at the store. The store clerk might look at me a little wierd . . . but at least it will be off my conscience. Thanks for the tip Dana!

So much for doing what Jesus would do . . .

Happy Birthday Mike!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL!

A great picture of Mike in one of his 'awesome dad' moments - letting Faith do his hair.

I must take a moment to acknowledge the best husband/father around! Yesterday was Mike's 33rd birthday! In addition to that, it was the 6th anniversary of his cancer surgery - he has been officially cancer-free for 6 amazing years!

To think . . . 6 years ago we were at a pretty low point in life . . . struggling with infertility . . . Mike diagnosed with cancer . . . we weren't sure how far it had spread . . . if he would need radiation and chemo. It seems like a life-time ago!

But I don't ever want to forget God's amazing faithfulness to me!

Thank you, God, for blessing me with such an amazing husband! Thank you for sparing his life! Thank you for seeing fit to bless us with our beautiful girls! Thank you for give Mike 33 terrific years!

I love you Michael!

A Conundrum . . . or is it?

Co.nun.drum - a. A problem admitting of no satisfactory solution. b. A difficult and complicated problem.

OK, I have a little conundrum to run by all of you . . . I call it a conundrum, but as I look at the definition of conundrum, I don't know if it really is . . . decide for yourselves . . .

Yesterday I ran to the grocery store for my weekly grocery needs. I left the house a little later than I had wanted to and ended up pushing Bella about an hour past her regular nap time. For some reason, Faith was off her game yesterday too. So . . . by the time I'm near finished with the shopping . . . both girls have had it! There's crying, there's whining, there's pushing and shoving . . . even a little yelling (by them, not me - not to say I didn't feel like it).

I FINALLY get checked out, haul everything to the car, I have both girls buckled in their seats (wiped out and near tears), I have almost all the groceries packed in the van . . . . . and I realize I never paid for the 2 gallons of milk on the bottom of the cart!

What to do? In past instances, when something like this has happened, I've done the right thing, gone back inside, and paid for the items. However, all three of us were at our wits end, the girls were already buckled in their seats . . .

What would you do? What is the right thing to do? What would Jesus do? Comments welcome! Later, I'll post what I did . . .

Let Me Clarify . . .

Let me clarify . . . when I said I loved fall . . . THIS is NOT what I meant!



The first thing out of the gate this morning Faith was running around the house yelling, "It snowed, it snowed, it snowed! Can we go out and play? Can we build a snowman? Can I teach Bella to make snow angels?"

Well, I told her she could go out after breakfast for a while . . . I've never seen her eat so fast in all my life!

So, I'm searching high and low for the snow pants, winter coats, mittens . . . I don't have boots that fit either girl, so I put my big wool socks on them and stuffed their feet into their oversized rain boots.



As you can see, Bella wasn't as excited as her older sister. "It code, it code" she kept saying (translation: it's cold). I grabbed the camera to take a few pictures, but it was snowing so hard, I could hardly get a picture.



Here's a picture of my beautiful hearty mums! I truly hope they live up to their name!

This is NOT what Fall is about. Fall is about lots of colors . . . NOT WHITE! It's about crisp, cool air . . . NOT FREEZING air. It's about jeans and sweatshirts . . . NOT WINTER COATS! It's about apple cider . . . NOT HOT CHOCOLATE!

I love Fall! I hate Winter! But I love the excitement I see in my kids!

I Love Fall!

I love this time of year so much! And here are the reasons why:

1. My Birthday (and Mike's) is in October. My very first breath was taken of that clean, crisp, fall air . . . I guess that's why I still love it so much.
2. The colors! Wow! God is so amazing in how He created things, isn't He?
3. The crisp, cool air! No more summer humidity! Yuck!
4. Jeans! I love wearing jeans!
5. Sweatshirts! I love wearing sweatshirts!
6. Hayrides
7. Apple Cider
8. Bonfires! Fires are way more enjoyable in the crisp, cool air and S'mores are so much yummier when you're in jeans and a sweatshirt!
9. Playing outside in the leaves - going on a hunt for the prettiest ones!
10. Back-to-school. Call me a nerd, but I always loved going shopping for my new Trapper Keeper, folders, pens, pencils and school clothes! I had a blast doing all of that with Faith too (sans the Trapper Keeper).

The only downside about fall is that it is much too short! Did I hear the weather report right? Are we really supposed to get snow this weekend? Yikes!

What's your favorite season?